Seymour Cray Quotes

#1. Anyone can build a fast CPU. The trick is to build a fast system.

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#2. I talk to myself through the computer. I ask myself questions, leave things to be looked at again, things that you would do with a notepad. It turns out today that it's much better today to do with a personal computer rather than a notepad.

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#3. Farmers buy a lot of computers.

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#4. I'm supposed to be a scientific person but I use intuition more than logic in making basic decisions.

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#5. #3 pencils and quadrille pads.(when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer )

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#6. The trouble with programmers is that you can never tell what a programmer is doing until it's too late.

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#7. Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray.(when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac )

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#8. If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?

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#9. Parity is for farmers.

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#10. #3 pencils and quadrille pads.

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#11. As long as we can make them smaller, we can make them faster.

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#12. I just bought a Mac to help me design the next Cray.

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#13. Thank heaven for startups; without them we'd never have any advances.

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